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GENEALOGY
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OF THE
TOWNSEND FAMILY.
COMPILED BY
BENJAMIN D. TOWNSEND,
OF LIME SPRING, IOWA.
ALFRED CENTRE, N. Y. :
THE AMERICAN SABBATH TRACT SOCIETY’S STEAM PRINT.
1879.
IV
PREFACE.
England. Walter Atte Townsliende, son of Sir Lodovic de Townshende, a
Norman nobleman, whom Collins, in his Peerage of England, puts at the
head of this family, flourished soon after the Conquest. This Lodovic, it
seems, married Elizabeth de Hauteville, sole heir of Raynham, daughter of
Sir Thomas de Hauteville, of the famous family of de Hauteville, or Ha-
ville, which family at this time appears to have been a most important one.
They were of Norman extraction, and, settling in the county of Norfolk,
became possessed of a considerable property, said to have been granted them
by William the Conqueror, which, by marriage, came to the Townsend fam-
ily. We find the name in ancient deeds written thus: Ad-Finem-Ville, Ad-
Exitum-Ville. William Ad-Exitum-Ville, that is, Townsend or Tunne-
shende, held considerable lands of the prior of Norwiche’s lordship in Tav-
erham, Norfolk, in the reign of King John, A. D. 1200.”
Trusting that the lost link in the Townsend genealogy will soon
be restored, and in the hope that this little work may more fully
unite so numerous a people as the Townsends are, it is now sub-
mitted to my kindred.
BENJAMIN D. TOWNSEND.
Lime Spring, Iowa, February, 1879.
GENEALOGY
— OF-
JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
^OC
JONATHAN TOWNSEND (my great-grandfather)
MARRIED
HULDAH NEWTON.
They had seven children : Jonathan, Jr., born January 21st,
1766; Martin, born , died young; Sally, born , died, be-
ing a young woman; Benjamin, born about 1769; Nancy, born
January 17th, 1771 ; Polly, born June 17th, 1772 ; Eliphalet, born
February 2d, 1775. All seven children were born in New Salem,
Franklin Co., Massachusetts. Jonathan Townsend, Sr., died when
Eliphalet, the youngest child, was about one year of age. His
widow was soon married to Daniel Curtis, by whom she had one
child, a daughter, and died in the winter of 1813. Their oldest
son, Jonathan, Jr., married Mary Haskell for his first wife, by
whom he had two children, when she died. For his second wife
he married Olive Phiney, who was born. September 20th, 1769.
Names of their Children.
1. SALLY TOWNSEND, born June 1st, 1785; died in Waseca
county, Minnesota, June 24th, 1869.
2. JONATHAN, Jr., 2d, born May 15th, 1787 ; died in 1858.
3. UZIAL, born November 2d, 1790; died August 13th, 1864.
4. SUEL, born January 27th, 1793 ; died September 29th, 1827.
5. OLIVE, born July 7th, 1795; died January 2d, 1826.
6. HULDAH, born December 15th, 1797; lived in Franklin
county, Iowa, July, 1878.
Note. — Jonathan, Jr., 2d, Suel, Olive, Noah, and Adin died in Concord,
Erie Co , N. Y. Uzial died in Illinois, seventeen miles west of Chicago.
Their father, Jonathan, Jr., died in the town of Collins, Erie Co., N. Y.,
October 21st, 1838. His widow, Olive Phiney, died in Concord June 4th, 1862.
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GENEALOGY OP JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
7. NOAH, born February 13th, 1801 ; died February 14th, 1853.
8. ELVIRA, born August 30th, 1803 ; alive July, 1878.
9. 1IOSEA WILLIAM, born March 30th, 1807 ; alive 1878.
10. DIADAMA, born May 13th, 1810*
11. ADIN, the youngest, was born in Concord, Erie Co., N. Y.,
August 10th, 1813 ; died 1844.
Separate Families of Jonathan Townsend, Jr.
EPHRAIM ALLEN BRIGGSf (No. 12)
MARRIED
SALLY TOWNSEND (No. 1).
They had eleven children, and were as follows:
13. MARY ELVIRA BRIGGS, born May 9th, 1808.
14. EPHRAIM T. BRIGGS, born June 8th, 1810.
15. SYLVIA BRIGGS, born August 5th, 1811.
1(5. THOMAS M. BRIGGS, born March 23d, 1813.
17. JONATHAN BRIGGS, born February 12th, 1815.$
18. ERASMUS BRIGGS, born August 31st, 1818.
19. SUEL BRIGGS, born April 17th, 1820.
20. SALLY BRIGGS, born March 17th, 1823.
21. CINDERRILLA BRIGGS, born October 5th, 1825.
22. CHRISTOPHER BRIGGS, born March 21st, 1828.
23. CHANDLER C. BRIGGS, born July 20th, 1830.
MARY E. BRIGGS (No. 13)
MARRIED
WILLIAM FIELD (No. 24).
Their children were,
25. MARVIN W. FIELD.
26. MARY LOVINA FIELD.
27. CHARLES FIELD.
28. EMILY FIELD.
29. PERRY FIELD, died in 1864
30. SALLY FIELD.
31. MANLEY FIELD.
* The first ten children of Jonathan Townsend, Jr., were all born in New
Salem, Franklin Co., Massachusetts. In 1811, Jonathan and his wife Olive
removed to Concord, Erie Co. , N. Y.
f Ephraim Allen Briggs, born March 10th, 1783; died February 25tli, 1861.
X The above five were all born in Orange, Franklin Co., Massachusetts ;
removed to Concord, Erie Co., N. Y., in 1815, where all the rest of the chil-
dren were born.
GENEALOGY OF JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
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EPHRAIM T. BRIGGS (No. 14)
MARRIED
JANE FLEMMINGS (No. 32).
Their children were,
33. JANE ANN BRIGGS, died July 16th, 1865.
34. GEORGE W. BRIGGS, died 1843.
35. MARIA BRIGGS, died January 31st, 1865.
36. VIOLA BRIGGS.
SYLVIA BRIGGS (No. 15)
MARRIED
STANY KING (No. 37).
Their children were,
38. ALLEN KING, died in 1855.
39. DIANTHA KING.
40. DIANA KING.
THOMAS M. BRIGGS (No. 16)
MARRIED
PHCEBE SPAULDING (No. 41).
Their children were,
42. ALLEN BRIGGS.
43. GEORGE W. BRIGGS.
44. DELIA BRIGGS.
45. MANIS BRIGGS.
46. JENNIE BRIGGS.
47. FAYETTE BRIGGS, died in 1869.
48. CHANCY BRIGGS.
Jonathan (No 17) and Erasmus (No. 18) not married in 1877.
SUEL BRIGGS (No. 19)
MARRIED
PHCEBE BALLOU (No. 49).
They had no children.
SALLY BRIGGS (No. 20)
MARRIED
ORVIL S. CANFIELD (No. 50).
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GENEALOGY OF JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
Their children were,
51. CHARLES CANFIELD.
52. NEWMAN CANFIELD.
53. LAURA CANFIELD.
54. ORYIL CANFIELD.
CINDERRILLA BRIGGS (No. 21)
MARRIED
WILLIAM SMITH (No. 55).
Their children were,
56. ALPHONSO SMITH.
57. ANGERONA SMITH.
58. CHARLES E. SMITH.
59. LORAINE SMITH.
60. LOVETT E SMITH, died in 1875.
61. ELLA SMITH.
62. LUZERNE SMITH.
63. MARY A. SMITH.
64. WILLIAM D. SMITH.
65. LILLIE O. SMITH.
66. ALLEN L. SMITH.
CHRISTOPHER BRIGGS (No. 22)
MARRIED
JANE COLBURN (No. 67).
They had one child,
68. CHARLOTTE M. BRIGGS.
CHANDLER C. BRIGGS (No. 23)
MARRIED
PHCEBE JANE WOODWARD (No. 69).
Their children were,
70. AUTHER BRIGGS.
71. SUEL C. BRIGGS.
Note. — Mary Elvira Briggs Field died in March, 1847; Ephraim T. Briggs
died June 30th, 1848; Cinderrilla Briggs Smith died July 5th, 1874. Thomas
M. Briggs and Suel Briggs live in LaCrosse county, Wisconsin, 1877; Jona-
than Briggs lives in Garnavillo, Clayton Co. , Iowa : Sally Briggs Canfield lives
in Freedom, Waseca Co., Minnesota; Chandler C. Briggs lives at Blue Earth
City, Minnesota.
GENEALOGY OF JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
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JONATHAN TOWNSEND, Jr., 2d, (No. 2)
MARRIED
BETSEY DAVIS (No. 72).
They had no children. He died in 1858.
UZIAL TOWNSEND (No. 3)* * * §
MARRIED
PATTY WHEELEE (No. 73).
They had one son,
74. GILBERT W. TOWNSEND, born February 12th, 1812.
SUEL TOWNSEND (No. 4)+
MARRIED
POLLY WHEELER (No. 75).
They had two children,
76. LYSANDER TOWNSEND.
77. WHEELER TOWNSEND.];
OLIVE TOWNSEND (No. 5)§
MARRIED
KENDALL JOHNSON (No. 78).
They had five children,
79. KENDALL JOHNSON.
80. SARAH JOHNSON.
81. DAVID JOHNSON.
82. CHARLES JOHNSON.
83. RUTH JOHNSON.
HULDAH TOWNSEND (No. 6)
MARRIED
ENOCH ST. CLAIE (No. 84). ||
*Uzial died August 13th, 1864; his wife died March 17th, 1846.
f Suel died September 29th, 1827.
% They live in the north part of Grant county, Wisconsin, 1877.
§ Olive died January 2d, 1826.
| They were married at Concord, Erie Co., N. Y., December 9th, 1816, by
Amaziah Ashman, Esq. Enoch was born September 1st, 1790, and died at
his residence near Hampton, Franklin Co., Iowa, April 3d, 1873.
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GENEALOGY OF JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
They had ten children,
85. ROXALENA, born November 1st, 1818,. and died August
13th, 1822.
86. LOUISA L., born April 10th, 1821, married
87. RALPH BENNETT November 22d, 1847.
88. ELISABETH S., born July 24th, 1823, married
89. PETER M. HOFFMAN February 14th, 1855.
90. BENJAMIN, born April 26th, 1825, died July 26th, 1825.
91. Son, born January 29th, 1829, died February 3d, 1829.
92. LOIS JOSEPHINE, born July 18th, 1830, married
93. LEWIS MILTON STEVENSON November 4th, 1849.
[They had two children: 94. FLORELL F. STEVENSON,
born October 1st, 1850. 95. ADELL A. STEVENSON, born
February 13th, 1855.]
96. R. CLEMENTINE, born June 25th, 1833, married
97. CHARLES J. TOBEY December 28th, 1860.
98. LAURA E., born May 22d, 1835.
99. MARY J., born April 28th, 1837, married
100. THOMAS W. JONES April 6th, 1864.
101. AUGUSTINE D. ST. CLAIR, the tenth and last child,
born July 31st, *1839, married
102. FLORENCE J. JAKEWAY January 28th, 1872. She
was born April 7th, 1851.
[They had three children: 103. WINNIE CELIA ST.
CLAIR, born January 22d, 1873. 104. EDSON DEWITT ST.
CLAIR, born October 26th, 1874. 105. FRANK EARLE ST.
CLAIR, born November 22d, 1876. Residence, Reeve Township,
Franklin Co., Iowa.]
NOAH TOWNSEND (No. 7)*
MARRIED
ACHSAH WHEELER (No. 106).
They had six children,
107. PAR ME LI A TOWNSEND.
108. SANFORD TOWNSEND.
109. SALLY TOWNSEND.
110. ALMEDA TOWNSEND.
111. HARRISON TOWNSEND.
112. LOUISA TOWNSEND.
[All living in 1877; residence not given.]
Noah died February 14th, 1853.
GENEALOGY OF .JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
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ELVIKA TOWNSEND (No. 8)
• MARRIED
WILLIAM F. OWEN (No. 113).* * * §
They had one child,
114. WILLIAM P. OWEN, born at Concord, Erie Co., N. Y.,
October 22d, 1823.
WILLIAM P. OWEN (No. 114)
MARRIED
HULDANA S. BOOTHE (No. 115).+
They had three children,
116. IRENE M. OWEN.
117. LILLIE I. OWEN.
118. ALSON WILLIAM OWEN. Farmers at Spring, Craw-
ford Co., Pa., in 1878.
HOSEA WILLIAM TOWNSEND (No. 9)
MARRIED
MARGARETTA RUDEN (No. 119). J
They had seven children,
120. MARGARETTA ELLEN, born February 15th, 1831.
121. GEORGE WASHINGTON, born January 29th, 1833.
122. RICHARD ALLEN, born April 30th, 1835.
123. MARY, born April 11th, 1837.
124. SAP AH, born April 20th, 1839.
125. EDWARD RENNET, born April 10th, 1846.
1 26. S MILES S., born June 10th, 1849 ; died September 9th, 1853.
H. W. Townsend’s Children’s Marriages, and their Families.
M. ELLEN TOWNSEND (No. 120)
MARRIED
HIE AM T. GEEEN (No. 127).§
*Tliey were married December 6th, 1821, and he died June 28th, 1867.
f They were married April 26th, 1847; she was from Spring, Pa.
X They were married in Buffalo, N. Y., December 20th, 1829. She was
born in Lockport, N. Y., October 15th, 1813.
§ They were married November 2d, 1859, by Rev. J. Hazard Hartzell, a
Universalist minister. Hiram was born May 25th, 1828. They reside in
their own house, No. 75 Seventh Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
Note. — Edward B. Townsend was born in Lafayette, Indiana, and S.
Miles S. Townsend was born at Oak Orchard, Orleans Co., N. Y. ; all the
other five were born in Buffalo, N. Y. H. W. Townsend’s place of resi-
dence, June 19th, 1878, was No. 69 Seventh Street, Buffalo.
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GENEALOGY OF JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
They had one child,
128. GEORGE TOWNSEND GREEN, borja February 13th,
1866; died December 27th, 1869.
GEORGE WASHINGTON TOWNSEND (No. 121)
MA Kill ED
HATTIE A. AUSTIN (No. 129).*
They never had any children.
RICHARD A. TOWNSEND (No. 122)
MARRIED
MARY M. ADAMS (No. 130).+
They had four children,
131. ALLEN MILES, born November 6th, 1861.
132. IDA ADAMS, born May 3d, 1866.
133. HARRIET MARGERETTA, born July 8th, 1868.
134. FRANK EDWARD, born March 6th, 1874; died July
30th, 1874.
MARY TOWNSEND (No. 123)
MARRIED
GEORGE S. WARDWELL (No. 135).$
They had six children,
186. GEORGE TOWNSEND WARDWELL, born August
28th, 1864.
137. MARY MARGARETTA WARDWELL, born May 5th,
1866.
138. FRANK CHANDLER WARDWELL, born June 10th,
1868.
139. WILLIAM HENRY WARDWELL, born June 8th, 1872.
140. CHARLES U. VYARDWELL, born July 1st, 1874.
141. EDWARD TOWNSEND WARDWELL, born August
12th, 1876.
* Tliey were married October 31st, 1861, by Rev. J. Hazard Hartzell. Hat-
tie was born August 23d, 1839. They reside in their own house. No. 351
Pearl Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
f They were married December 19th, 1860, by the same minister. Mary
was born February 1st, 1839. June 19th, 1878, they resided in a house they
erected some years ago, No. 47 Seventh Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
X They were married June 9th, 1863, by the same minister. George was
born August 29th, 1829. They now (June 19th, 1878) reside in their own
house, No. 235 Hudson Street,' Buffalo, N. Y.
GENEALOGY OF JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
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SARAH TOWNSEND (No. 124)
MARRIED
FRANK M. CHANDLER (No. 142).* * * §
They had five children,
143. FRANK TOWNSEND CHANDLER, born June 30th,
1864; died June 30th, 1864.
144. GRACE HARRIET CHANDLER, born November 18th,
1865; died February 10th, 1868.
145. MARTHA ELLEN CHANDLER, born July 14th, 1868.
146. MARGARET CHANDLER, born April 7th, 1870.
147. SARAH BELL CHANDLER, born September 25th, 1873.
EDWARD B. TOWNSEND (No. 125)
MARRIED
ANNA P. COURTER (No. 148).+
They had four children,
149 ANNA COURTER, born May 14th, 1869 ; died November
3d, 1874.
150. SARAH LOUESE, born August 20th, 1872.
151. FLORENCE MAY, born January 17th, 1875.
152. HIRAM EDWARD, born June 27th, 1877; died April
4th, 1878.
DIADAMA TOWNSEND (No. 10)
MARRIED
ALANSON WHEELER (No. 153).+
They had two children,
154. DAVID WHEELER.
155. CHARLES WHEELER.
ADIN TOWNSEND (No. 11)§
MARRIED
ELECTA MITCHELL (No. 156).
*They were married August 13th, 1861, by Rev. J. Hazard Hartzell.
Frank was born March 30th, 1835. They reside (June 19th, 1878) at Titus-
ville, Pennsylvania.
f They were married May 21st, 1868, by Rev. O. Witherspoon, an Episco-
pal minister. Anna was born May 17th, 1843. June 19th, 1878, they resid-
ed in their own house, No. 72 Seventh Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
X They live in Concord, Erie Co., N. Y.
§ Adin died in 1844.
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GENEALOGY OF JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
They* had several children, *
157. OLIVE TOWNSEND.
158. CHARLES TOWNSEND.
159. JOHN TOWNSEND. They live West.
G-ilbert W. Townsend’s Family Record.
GILBERT W. TOWNSEND (No. 74)
MARRIED
ESTHER TWITCHEL (No. 160).f
They had eleven children,
161. MARY TOWNSEND, born February 25th, 1829.
162. DULCENIA TOWNSEND, born August 7th, 1830.
163. ALBERT U. TOWNSEND, born April 29th, 1832.
164. LYSANDER TOWNSEND, born January 13th, 1834.
165. PERRY S. TOWNSEND, horn December 21st, 1835.
166. CHARLES D. TOWNSEND, born January 15th, 1838.
167. GEORGE S. TOWNSEND, born November 20th, 1840.
168. AUGUSTUS TOWNSEND, born December 4th, 1842.
169. CYRUS E. TOWNSEND, born January 7th, 1845.
170. ELIZA TOWNSEND, born March 10th, 1847.
171. MARTHA TOWNSEND, born December 27th, 1848.
Their Marriages.
161. MARY TOWNSEND married (172) CHESTER PLUM-
MER September 17 th, 1848.
162. DULCENIA TOWNSEND married (173) CHARLES
DUEL December 23d, 1851.
163. ALBERT U. TOWNSEND married (i 74) ELIZABETH
WHITMORE January 18th, 1852.
164. LYSANDER TOWNSEND died March 8th, 1864.
165. PERRY S. TOWNSEND married (175) ANGELINE
WEABER December 7th, 1865.
166. CHARLES D. TOWNSEND married (176) LAZELLEE
ELDRIDGE March 1st, 1859.
167. GEORGE S. TOWNSEND married (177) LAURA WAY
December 31st, 1865.
168. AUGUSTUS TOWNSEND married (178) LIBBIE
KEMAN January 1st, 1866
169. CYRUS E. TOWNSEND married (179) EMMA TOWN-
SEND December 10th, 1865.
* “ I can not remember all their names.” — E. Briggs.
f Esther was born October 11th, 1810. They were married April 6th, 1828.
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GENEALOGY OF JONATHAN TOWNSEND. 15
170. ELIZA TOWNSEND married (180) EDWARD WEA-
BER March 25th, 1866.
171. MARTHA TOWNSEND married (181) EDMOND WAY
December 29th, 1867.
BENJAMIN TOWNSEND (see page 5)
MARRIED
JOANNA LYON (No. 182).*
They never had any children.
NANCY TOWNSEND (see page 5)
MARRIED
JOHN GILES (No. 183).+
They had eleven children,
184. SUSAN GILES; dead.
185. MARTIN GILES; dead.
186. MAURY GILES; dead.
187. CALISTA GILES; dead.
188. JOHN GILES, Jr., died in Copley, Summit Co., Ohio,
September 18th, 1876, aged 80 years.
NANCY GILES; dead.*
ALVIN GILES; dead.
; dead.
RYSIA GILES; dead.
; dead.
POLLY N. GILES, born July 22d, 1811.
POLLY N. GILES (No. 194)
MARRIED
LORING BRIGGS (No. 195)4
*They were married October 25th, 1792. She was born in Wendall,
■— Mass., March 26th, 1771. They removed to South Stuikeley, Lower Cana-
da, B. N. A., with his youngest brother, Eliphalet, and Hannah Townsend,
in the Winter of 1798-99. In the War of 1812-13, Benjamin enlisted in the
British service, was soon taken sick, received an honorable discharge, and
started for his home, but only lived to reach St. Johns, L. C , where he died
J une 5th, 1813, aged 44 years and 6 months.
f Nancy died October 7th, 1819, and John died January 16th, 1829, so say
John Giles, Jr., of Copley, Ohio, and Huldah (Townsend) St. Clair, of
Hampton, Iowa.
\ Loring was born in New Salem, Franklin Co., Mass., May 3d, 1810.
They were married in New Salem March 10th, 1832. J. E Townsend, of
Erving, Mass., says they had six grandchildren.
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GENEALOGY OF JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
They had six children,
196. DETROIT N. BRIGGS, born in Northfield, Mass., Octo-
ber 4th, 1833; married June 17th, 1863, and died in Erving, Mass.,
May 27th, 1866.
197. ELLIOT BRIGGS, born in Orange, Mass., April 25th,
1835 ; died August 27th, 1857.
198. DWIGHT BRIGGS, born in Erving, Mass., August 7th,
1836; married April 11th, 1860.
199. ALBERT BRIGGS, born in Erving, Mass., April 1st, 1838 ;
married December 25th, 1860.
200. MARY BRIGGS, born in Erving, Mass., October 12th,
1842 ; married December 20th, 1866.
201. JONES L. BRIGGS, born in Erving, Mass., August 29th,
1846; married November 17th, 1869.
POLLY TOWNSEND (see page 5)
MARRIED
DANIEL RICHMOND (No. 202).*
They had three children,
203. BETSEY RICHMOND, born in 1796.
204. SALLY RICHMOND, born in 1798.
205. POLLY RICHMOND, born in 1800.
Widow POLLY TOWNSEND RICHMONDf
MARRIED
Captain RUFUS TYLER (No. 206).
Marriages.
203. BETSEY RICHMOND married (207) DANIEL TIDD,
and died in 1853.
204. SALLY RICHMOND married (208) JOSHUA CHAM-
BERLAIN in 1813. Joshua died January 20th, 1874, aged 82
years, 8 months, and 27 days. “December, 1876, Sally, his wid-
ow, lived in the house where her mother died.”
205. POLLY RICHMOND married (209) HIRAM TOWN in
1823 or 1824.
* They were married in 1795. Daniel died in 1802.
f They were married November, 1813. The Captain died in March, 1816.
Great Aunt Polly died in Shrewsbury, Mass., December 27th, 1860, aged 88
years, 6 months, and 10 days. “A true Christian for over sixty years, and
for over forty years a member of the M. E. Church. Well beloved by all
who knew her. ” — D. S. C.
GENEALOGY OF .JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
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ELIPHALET TOWNSEND (see page 5)
MARRIED
HANNAH DAY (No. 210).*
They had twelve children,
211. POLLY TOWNSEND, born in Georgia, Vermont, De-
cember 6th, 1798.
212. BETSEY TOWNSEND, born at South Stuikeley, Lower
Canada, December 23d, 1800.
213. BENJAMIN TOWNSEND, 2d, born at Stuikeley, L. C.,.
November 15th, 1802.
214. HANNAH TOWNSEND, born at Stuikeley, L. C., May
14th, 1804.
215. ELISHA GREEN TOWNSEND, born at Stuikeley, L. C.,
January 4th, 1807.
216. PELATIAIJ DAY TOWNSEND, born at Stuikeley, L.
C., August 1st, 1809.
217. HULDA1I TOWNSEND, born at Brome, L. C., August
6th, 1813.
.218. NANCY TOWNSEND, born at Brome, October 7th, 1815.
219. ABNER TOWNSEND, born at Brome, April 22d, 1817.
220. JONATHAN TOWNSEND, 3d, born at Brome, August
14th, 1820.
221. ELIPHALET TOWNSEND, Jr., born at Brome, July
1st, 1822.
222. ANNA TOWNSEND, born at Brome, September 2d, 1825.
ELIPHALET TOWNSEND, Sr. (second marriage)
MARRIED
ELIZABETH LEWIS (No. 223).f
They had one child,
224. LAURA ADELINE TOWNSEND, born in Brome, L. C.,
February 16th, 1832. J
* They were married at New Salem, Mass., November 30th, 1797. Han-
nah was the daughter of Pelatiah Day and Hannah Curtis, and was born
January 27th, 1782.
f They were married May 16th, 1831. Elizabeth was born at Sliefford, L.
C , May 16th, 1796.
X All thirteen children lived to be married, all had families except Laura
Adeline, who was twice married, but had no children.
Note. — About 1809, Eliphalet Townsend paid for one hundred acres of
good land in Brome, L. O., on which he lived. He died April 9th, 1850,
aged 75 years, 2 months, and 7 days, of the third shock of palsy (or paraly-
sis). It is well said, that he was none the less a man for his having lived
fifty-one years in Canada. Hannah, his wife, died at Brome, September 5th,
1829, aged 47 years, 7 months, and 9 days.
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GENEALOGY OF JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
POLLY TOWNSEND (No. 211)
MARRIED
WILLIAM TIBBETTS (No. 225).*
They had eight children,
226. PRISCILLA ELLEN TIBBITTS, horn September 10th,
1820.
227. WILLIAM WALLACE, born October 19th, 1822.
228. NAAMAN URIAH, born January 30th, 1825.
229. URSULA DELIA, born December 1st, 1826.
230. ELIPHALET J., born February 18th, 1829; died Janu-
ary, 1830.
231. TOWNSEND E., born March 18th, 1832.
232. ELISHA B.
233. LEEMAN.
BETSEY TOWNSEND (No. 212)+
MARRIED
GrEOBGE C. TIBBITTS (No. 234).
They had five children,
235. SAMANTHA.
236. NELSON B.
237. ALONZO.
238. ROSETTA.
239. HANNAH A.
Elder BENJAMIN TOWNSEND (No. 213)
MARRIED
ESTHER HALE (No. 240)4
They had four children,
241. BENJAMIN DELTA TOWNSEND, born at Orange,
Franklin Co., Mass., July 9th, 1825.
242. ABNER P. TOWNSEND, born at Orange, Mass., April
7th, 1827.
* They were married about 1818 or 1819. William was born February
11th, 1795. Polly died in 1873.
f Betsey died at Westminister, Upper Canada, July 16th, 1847.
fThey were married August 26th, 1824. Benjamin died at Northfield
South Farms, Mass., November 22d, 1831, aged 29 years and 7 days. Esther
was born at Petersham, Mass., January 22d, 1795, and died at Winchester,
Cheshire Co., N. H., June 23d, 1862, aged 67 years, 5 months, and 1 day.
GENEALOGY OF JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
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243. SAMUEL DAY TOWNSEND, born at Ervings Grant
(now South Orange), Franklin Co., Mass., July 9th, 1829.
24 4. JOHN ELIPHALET TOWNSEND, born at Northfield
South Farms, Franklin Co., Mass., July 9th, 1831.
HANNAH TOWNSEND (No. 214)
MARRIED
JOHN WESLEY WHITEHEAD (No. 245).*
They had ten children,
246. SAMANTHA MELISSA, born December 26th, 1825.
247. JOHN WESLEY, Jr., born January 27th, 1828; died
June 11th, 1828.
248. HANNAH TOWNSEND, born September 24th, 1829.
249. NANCY MELINDA, born December 16th, 1831.
250. ELIPHALET MYRON, born March 16th, 1835.
251. JONATHAN WESLEY, born September 20th, 1837.
252. AARON PELATIAH, born September 5th, 1840.
253. LAURA ANNA, born June 22d, 1843.
254. DAVID BENJAMIN, born October 1st, 1846 ; died De-
cember 4th. 1850.
255. WILLIAM, 2d, born March 25th, 1849.
ELISHA GREEN TOWNSEND (No. 215)f
MARRIED
ARYILLA BALL (No. 256).
They had one child,
257. LINDSEY DAY TOWNSEND, born at Brome, L. C.,
August 26th, 1833.
PELATIAH DAY TOWNSEND (No. 216)
MARRIED
ELIZA W. CUTTING (No. 258)4
*They were married March 13th, 1825. John was born at Fairfield, Vt.,
March 6th, 1801.
fThey were married January 27th, 1833. Arvilla was born at Brome, L.
C., August 24th, 1813. Elisha died at Brome December 13th, 1835, after
suffering three days from being badly frozen, while returning home from
Frost Village, five miles distant. He had succeeded in arriving at the west
end of the bridge over Brome Lake, one mile from his home, when he fell,
and lay eight or ten hours before he was found.
X They were married October 4th, 1842. Eliza was born August 31st,
1821. Pelatiah died at Lebanon, N. H., July 5th, 1872.
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GENEALOGY OF JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
They had one child,
259. RALPH CUTTING TOWNSEND, born October 27th,
1843.
HULDAH TOWNSEND (No. 217)
MARRIED
ORRIN HACKSTAFF (No. 260).*
They had seven children,
261. MARY ELIZABETH ANNA MARIAH HACKSTAFF,
born at New Lebanon, N. Y., September 11th, 1839.
262. ISADORA ANTINET, born June 8th, 1842; died October
9th, 1855.
263. ELLEN SOPHI, born May 5th, 1845.
264. ALICE EFFI, born August 27th, 1846.
265. CHARLOTTE LORANE, born November 20th, 1848;
died at Holyoke, Mass., June 14th, 1867.
266. ROSETTA SALLY, born December 22d, 1850; died De-
cember 15th, 1853.
267. EMMA NANCY, born December 7th, 1852.
NANCY TOWNSEND (No. 218)
MARRIED
HENRY LAWRENCE, Jr. (No. 268).+
♦
They had eight children,
269. HANNAH ELIZABETH, born January 17th, 1839; died
December 12th, 1854, of consumption.
270. DORCAS, born December 25th, 1840; died June 21st, 1841.
271. NATHAN PARKER, born August 24th, 1842.
272. SIMON ELISHA, born August 2d, 1845 ; died May 13th, 1865.
273. GUILFOKD DUDLEY, born October 7th, 1847.
274. AZ ARIA II WELCOME, born September 22d, 1851.
275. ADELINE, born December 7th, 1855.
276. URI TOWNSEND, born August 17th, 1859.
*Tliey were married in 1839. Orrin was born at Virgennes, Vt., March
24th, 1801, and died at Lowell, Vt., July 13th, i860. He was a miller by
trade. He was a Universalist.
f They were married April 9th, 1838. Henry was born at Lawrenceville,
L. C., November 6th, 1817, and died in his own Tens®, at Lawrenceville, May
20th, 1871. His trade was that of a house builder. He was a Methodist.
GENEALOGY OF JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
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ABNER TOWNSEND (No. 219)
MARRIED
LUCY COOK (No. 277).*
They had four children,
278. EMARY ALLEN, born February 16th, 1844.
279. WILLIAM COOK, born March 7th, 1846.
280. POLLY T., born January 25th, 1848.
281. RACHEL LORAIN, born January 21st, 1855. All four
were born at Brome, L. C., B. N. A., and removed to Lyme Cen-
tre, N. H., in 1865.
JONATHAN TOWNSEND, 3d. (No. 220)
MARRIED
ELIZABETH FRENCH (No. 282). f
They had seven children,
283. GEORGE RILEY, born August 17th, 1841.
284. ANNA TYRESSA, born April 20th, 1843; died May 3d,
1843.
285. MARY ADELINE, born March 19th, 1844.
286. HARRISON ELWIN, born March 24th, 1846; died Jan-
uary 28th, 1847.
287. HARRISON ARTHUR, born November 20th, 1847. He
enlisted in the army in the Fall of 1863, was captured by the
rebels in September, 1864, and died in Salisbury prison, North
Carolina, November 29th, 1864.
288. ISADORA MELISSA, born June 1st, 1849.
289. CELIA ANNETTIE, born August 28th, 1851.
ELIPHALET TOWNSEND Je. (No. 221)
MARRIED
ANN MARIAH GEORGE (No. 290)4
They had six children,
291. AMANDA MARIAH, born December 15th, 1844.
*Lucy was of Corinth, Vt., and they were married October 23d, 1842.
She was born September 6th, 1817. Abner died at Lyme Centre, N. H.,
June 2d, 1876. He was a Freewill Baptist, and by trade a farmer.
f They were married November 9th, 1840. Elizabeth was born at Stuike-
ley, L. C., March 23d, 1820.
X They were married February 5th, 1844. Ann Mariah was born at Stone-
ham, Mass., February 3d, 1826. Eliphalet, Jr., died at his father’s residence
in Brome, L. C., March 18th, 1859, of lung and liver consumption, aged 36
years, 8 months, and 17 years.
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GENEALOGY OF JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
292. MARY ROSETTA, born July 23d, 1848; died September
12th, 1849.
293. MARTHA ROSETTA, born July 29th, 1850; died No-
vember 10th, 1851.
294. EMMY ROZILLA, born December 10th, 1852.
295. JONATHAN ELIPHALET, born April 20th, 1855; died
October 9th, 1855.
296. MALCOM ELIPHALET, born October 8th, 1856.
Marriages of Eliphalet and Ann Mariah Townsend’s Children.
291. AMANDA M. TOWNSEND married (297) GEORGE H.
PERKINS, of Bolton, L. C., November 1st, 1869.
294. EMMY ROZILLA TOWNSEND married (298) Ml RUM
COONS, of Boll on, L. C., November 1st, 1869.
ANNA TOWNSEND (No. 222)
MARRIED
SILAS JACKMAN COOK (No. 299).*
They had three children,
300. EDWARD BENJAMIN, born April 2d, 1845.
301. WILLIAM ALLEN, born June 7th, 1846; and was in-
stantly killed by a Southern rebel’s bullet, while in active battle,
fighting for the Federal Government of theLT. S. A., May 5th, 1864.
302. ACHSAH, born January 25th, 1848.
LAURA ADELINE TOWNSEND (No. 224)
MARRIED
STEWARD LEWIS (No. 303).+
*They were married January 1st, 1844. Silas was born at Corinth, Vt.,
June 15th, 1815, and died January 20th, 1848. He was a Freewill Baptist,
and by trade a farmer. Anna, his wife, died at her father’s residence, July
2d, 1855.
f They were married about January, 1850, and after spending all of Laura’s
property, he forsook her while she was dangerously sick with a fever, at
Rutland, Vt., December 31st, 1851, and fled to Canada. After a time Laura
recovered, and the people at Rutland helped her with money to return to her
mother’s. In 1854 and 1855 Laura resided at Barton, Vt., near to where
Steward took another woman, driving him home to Lower Canada, while
she procured a decree of divorce from him.
Note. — Hannah Townsend, Eliphalet, Sr., Eliphalet, Jr., Anna, and three
of the children of Eliphalet Townsend, Jr. and Ann M. George, his wife,
were all buried on the farm of Eliphalet Townsend, Sr., in Brome, L. C., on
a rise of land north of the house.
GENEALOGY OF JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
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LAURA ADELINE TOWNSEND (second marriage)
MARRIED
FILANDER SARTLE (No. 304).*
Pourth Generation — Jonathan, Sr., Eliphalet, Sr., Benjamin, 2d.
BENJAMIN DELTA TOWNSEND (No. 241)
MARRIED
NANCY M. WHITEHEAD (No. 249).+
They had six children,
305. LOIS, born ai Wolcott, Vt., August 19th, 1850.
306. AMI, born at Brome, L. C., July 27th, 1852 ; died in West
Swanzey, N. H., March 11th, 1855.
307. VASHTI VICTORIA, born at West Swanzey, N. H., June
27th, 1855.
308. NAOMI DEBORAH, born at Brome, L. C., February
21st, 1857 ; died July 16th, 1863.
309. ZILLAH TABOR, born at Richford, Vt., October 14th,
1859.
310. MIRIAM MAACHAH, born at Richford, Vt., November
3d, 1861.
ABNER P. TOWNSEND (No. 242)
MARRIED
LYDIA HALE (No. 311)4
They had two children,
312. EMILY JANE, born at Richmond, N. H., March 11th,
1847.
313. ELLA J., born at Winchester, N. H., October 17th, 1848.
EMILY J. TOWNSEND (No. 312)
MARRIED
FRANK B. WRIGHT (No. 314).§
* Soon after their marriage, in the Spring of 1856, they removed from
Barton, Vt., to Laura’s mother’s, at Lawrenceville, L. C., where Mr. Sartle
purchased a farm near the village. Laura died at her home May 9th, 1857,
not delivered.
f They were married at Dunham, L. C., July 9th, 1849, by Rev. Nelson
Kimball, an English Wesleyan Methodist minister, and removed to the Unit-
ed States in 1850. She was from Brome.
X They were married at Vernon, Vt., June 25th, 1846, by Washburn, Esq.
Lydia was born at Richmond, N. H., September 30th, 1826.
§They were married in Orange, Franklin Co., Mass., May, 1870.
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GENEALOGY OF JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
ELLA J. TOWNSEND (No. 313)
MARRIED
FRANK E. FOSTER (No. 315).*
They had one child,
316. CHARLES EDWARD FOSTER, born at Athol, Mass.,
March 20th, 1874.
SAMUEL DAY TOWNSEND (No. 243)
MARRIED
LOVISA FRENCH (No. 317).+
They had six children,
318. AMARIAH HOMER, born September 1st, 1849 ; died in
Brome, L. C., October 29th, 1850.
319. MARTHA ELIZABETH, born April 20th, 1851; died at
Delaware, Delaware Co., Iowa, September 11th, 1871.
320. AARON, born December 18th, 1853.
321. ALVIN, horn April 3d, 1855.
322. LAURA ESTHER, born February 10th, 1861 ; died at
Wayne, Jones Co., Iowa, February 1st, 1863.
323. VICTOR HUGO ALBERT TOWNSEND, born at Del-
aware, Delaware Co., Iowa, April 9th, 1869.
AARON TOWNSEND (No. 320)
MARRIED
JULIA BERGES (No. 324).
[They were married November 4th, 1876.]
JOHN ELIPHALET TOWNSEND (No. 244)
MARRIED
NANCY JANE THAYER (No. 325).+
They had no children.
* They were married October 17th, 1870. He was born July 27th, 1850.
f They were married in Brome, L. C., November 22d, 1848. She was born
in Brome, July 7th, 1830.
X They were married at Petersham, Mass., February 24th, 1853. Nancy
was born at Athol, Mass., December 10th, 1831, and died in West Dummer-
ston, Vt., November 5th, 1876.
GENEALOGY OF JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
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JOHN E. TOWNSEND (second marriage)
MARRIED
Mrs. LUCY ANNA MILLER (No. 326).* * * §
They had one child,
327. JOHN EDWARD TOWNSEND, born at West Brattle-
boro, Vt., March 21st, 1879.
RALPH CUTTING TOWNSEND (No. 259)
MARRIED
CYNTHIA HASTINGS (No. 328).+
They had two children,
329. ELIZABETH C. TOWNSEND, born at Lebanon, N. H.,
March 6th, 1873.
330. AUGUSTUS ABIGAIL TOWNSEND, born at Lebanon,
June 7th, 1875.
MARY E. A. M. HACKSTAFF (No. 261)
MARRIED
LEWIS SHUFELT (No. 331)4
They had three children,
332. JULIA ESTELLA SHUFELT, born July 24th, 1862.
333. MARY ELLEN SHUFELT, born January 2d, 1866.
334. HADEN MORRIS SHUFELT, born July 23d, 1869.
NELLE SOPHI HACKSTAFF (No. 263)
MARRIED
CHARLES W. ROBERTSON (No. 335).§
They had two children,
336. NELLIE ADELLE ROBERTSON, born December 28th,
1874.
337. CHARLES ARBA ROBERTSON, born November 11th,
1877.
* They were married at Brattleboro, Vt., January 3d, 1878. He was from
Erving, Mass., and she from West Brattleboro. Lucy was the daughter of
Calvin Gould, and was born at Chicopee, Mass., November 25th, 1839.
f They were married December 24th, 1863.
X They were married July 4th, 1861.
§ They were married August 30th, 1870.
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GENEALOGY OF JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
ALICE EFFI HACKSTAFF (No. 264)
MARRIED
OSCAR CUTTING (No. 338).* * * §
They had three children,
339. ARTHUR BYRON CUTTING, born October 19th, 1873;
died July 2d, 1874.
340. LOTTIE D. CUTTING, born March 15th, 1875.
341. EUGENE WILFRED CUTTING, born June 27th, 1878.
Residence, Lyme Centre, N. H.
EMMA NANCY HACKSTAFF (No. 267)
MARRIED
ARBA NELSON (No. 342).+
They had no children.
NATHAN PARKER LAWRENCE (No. 271)
MARRIED
Mrs. MELINDA M. J. GREGORY (No. 343).+
They had one child,
344. Son, born June 4th, 1876 ; died June 4th, 1876.
AZARIAH WELCOME LAWRENCE (No. 274)
MARRIED
EMMA RANDALL (No. 345).§
They had one child,
346. HENRY WELLINGTON ALLEN LAWRENCE, born
at Lawrenceville, L. C., March 23d, 1878.
EM ARY ALLEN TOWNSEND (No. 278)
MARRIED
CLARA L. HOYT (No. 347).||
* They were married January 1st, 1873. Oscar was born August 6th, 1847.
f They were married September 1st, 1876. He was from Craftsbury, Yt.
X They were married at Ebensburg, Columbia Co., Pa., March 23d, 1875.
§ They were married December 2d, 1876.
|| She was from Newport, Orleans Co., Yt. They were married March
3d, 1870. Clara was born January 26th, 1850.
GENEALOGY OF JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
2 7
They had three children,
348. CARRIE BELL TOWNSEND, born in Newport, Vt.,
March 17th, 1872.
349. NETTIE AMIE TOWNSEND, born in Essex, Vt., De-
cember 21st, 1873.
350. WILLIAM ABNER TOWNSEND, born in Newport, Vt.,
November 26th, 1876.
WILLIAM COOK TOWNSEND (No. 279)
MARRIED
MARY A. LAWRENCE (No. 351).*
They had no children.
GEORGE RILEY TOWNSEND (No. 283)
MARRIED
FRAN CELIA D. OBER (No. 352).+
They had five children,
353. ARTHUR HARRISON, born February 24th, 1867.
354. GRACE RUDELL, born November 28th, 1868.
355. LIZZIE ONETTIE, boyn October 20th, 1869.
356. MYRTLE IVY, born December 22d, 1874.
357. MAUD EVERLY. born May 6tli, 1878.
MARY ADELINE TOWNSEND (No. 285)
MARRIED
ALBERT J. COOK (No. 358)4
They had one child,
359. ARTHUR EDWARD COOK, born April 5th, 1866.
ISADORA MELISSA TOWNSEND (No. 288)
MABHIED
FRANKLIN B. ATWELL (No. B60).§
* Mary was from Lawrenceville, L. 0. They were married October 9th,
1867. She was born October 6th, 1847.
f They were married at Johnson, Lamoille Co., Vt., April 26th, 1866.
% They were married in Johnson, Vt., December 28th, 1864. Albert died
May 2tst, 1867.
§They were married in Johnson, Vt., April 26th, 1866.
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GENEALOGY OF JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
They had four children,
361. ALICE ELIZABETH ATWELL, born May 15th, 1869;
died November 28th, 1877.
362. FRANKLIN EDWARD ATWELL, born December 14th,
1872 ; died May 19th, 1874.
363. ELDORA EVERLY ATWELL, born April 24th, 1875.
364. ETTA MAY ATWELL, born March 10th, 1877.
CELIA ANNETTIE TOWNSEND (No. 289)
MARRIED
DANN D. SMITH (No. 365).*
They had no children.
Gilbert W. Townsend’s Family Eecord- Continued from Page 15.
Chester (172) and Mary Townsend Plummer (161) had four
children :
366. HENRY M. PLUMMER, born November 30th, 1850.
367. ARTHUR PLUMMER, born November 7th, 1852; died
December 16th, 1863.
368. MARY E. PLUMMER, born March 23d, 1855.
369. IDA PLUMMER, born June 1st, 1858; died September
15th, 1874.
HENRY M. PLUMMER (No. 366)
MARRIED
LOVINA KERNAN (No. 370).f
They had one child,
371. CHESTER M. PLUMMER, born May 7th, 1877.
MARY E. PLUMMER (No. 368)
MARRIED
CHARLES E. PHILLIPS (No. 372).J
Mrs. Dulcenia Townsend Duel (162) died January 1st, 1859,
leaving no children.
* They were married at Cambridge, Lamoille Co., Vt., June 29th, 1875.
f They were married January 7th, 1874. Lovina was born July 13th, 1850.
% They were married December 23d, 1874. Charles was born February
11th, 1850, and died April 23d, 1875.
GENEALOGY OE JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
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Albert U. (163) and Elizabeth Townsend (174) had two chil-
dren:
373. ASA TOWNSEND, born December 15th, 1854.
374. JOSEPHENE TOWNSEND, born December 28th, 1858.
Charles D. (166) and Lazellee Townsend (176) had one child:
375. LEWIS TOWNSEND, born May 5th, 1861.
Augustus (168) and Libbie Townsend (178) had two children:
376. LYSANDER G. TOWNSEND, born November 26th, 1867.
377. MELVIN TOWNSEND, born January 28th, 1872.
Cyrus E. (169) and Emma Townsend (179) had two children:
378. WILLIE TOWNSEND, born September 2d, 1868.
379. HATTIE TOWNSEND, born January 11th, 1872.
Eliza Townsend (170) and Edward Weaber (180) had four chil-
dren:
380. GILBERT B. WEABER, born December 15th, 1867.
381. ARTHUR P. WEABER, born April 6th, 1868.
382. ESSIE T. WEABER, born August 21st, 1870.
383. CLARA WEABER, born June 20th, 1872.
Sally Richmond (204) and Joshua Chamberlain (208) had five
children living in 1875:
384. POLLY CHAMBERLAIN married (385) JASPER BAS-
SET, and lived in Tarnumville (Grafton).
386. DANIEL STETSON CHAMBERLAIN, lived in Shrews-
bury, Mass.
387. SARAH CHAMBERLAIN married (388) HOL-
BROOK, and lived in Shrewsbury with her mother.
389. NANCY CHAMBERLAIN, born in South Orange, Mass.,
November 5th, 1821, married (390) ETHAN BULLARD.*
391. JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN married, and lived in Oak-
dale (West Boylston) Mass.
Nancy (389) and Ethan Bullard (390) had nine children:
392. MARTIN BULLARD, born in Westborough, Mass., Feb-
ruary 19th, 1844, carpenter, married (393) LIBBIE MOWER,
in North Brookfield, Mass., May 9th, 1867.
* Ethan was the son of Martin and Nabby (Corey) Bullard, and was born
in Westborough, Mass., August 11th, 1816. His occupation is that of car-
penter, joiner, and stair builder. He married Nancy Chamberlain in
Shrewsbury, Mass., September 1st, 1840, and settled in Westborough, where
they lived till January 1st. 1865, when they moved to Dundee, 111. ; remain-
ing there till June 1st, 1865, when they removed to Elgin, 111., where they
now reside.
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GENEALOGY OF JONATHAN TOWNSEND.
394. MARY AUGUSTA BULLARD, born in Westborough,
August 14th, 1847 ; died August 29th, 1847.
395. MARTHA BULLARD, born in Westborough, July 9th,
1849 ; died November 7th, 1849.
396. JANE MARIA BULLARD, born in Westborough, Octo-
ber 20th, 1850, married May 25th, 1869, (397) WICKLIFF S.
LONG, of Elgin, 111., where they now reside. He is a painter and
grainer.
398. LUCY ANN BULLARD, born in Westborough, Septem-
ber 8th, 1852 ; died December 22d, 1855.
399. GEORGE BULLARD, born in Westborough, December
14th, 1853, stone cutter, married, December 14th, 1875, (400) ANN
HICKEY, of South Elgin, 111., and resides in Elgin.
401. CHARLES BULLARD, born in Westborough, August
17th, 1855 ; died October JJd, 1855.
402. WILLIE BULLARD, born February 9th, 1857; died May
5th, 1858.
403. JOHN TYLER BULLARD, born February 15th, 1859.
Note. — Up to present date, I have given all the births, mar-
riages, and deaths of all our kindred from whom I have received
their record, and of all the Townsend women to their third gen-
eration. For some unknown cause, three families have not re-
ported, to whom I had sent duplicate letters one year ago, with
stamps in all. Compiler.
Lime Spring, Iowa, April 14th, 1879.
HISTORY.
Eliphalet Townsend, Sr., the son of Jonathan and Huldali Town-
send, of New Salem, Franklin Co., Mass., left his native home in
the Spring of 1796, to seek a home in what was at that time the
wild woods of Lower Canada. Arriving at East Farnham, L. C.,
Eliphalet fell in with a man who said that he had the title to some
land in East Farnham. After Eliphalet made his selection, he paid
$100 for one hundred acres of land, receiving what he really be-
lieved to be a true title; and, with a pioneer’s will, he began to
clear up a farm for himself.
In 1849, I hired out to a young man by the name of Wells, for
one month, in haying. One day the old gentleman, Wells, came
with a jug of water and a lunch for me. While I was eating, he
said, “ Then you are grandson of Eliphalet Townsend, are you ?”
I said, yes. Then he said, “ The land where you have been mow-
ing to-day is the land, that Eliphalet Townsend really supposed
he had a true title of in 1796; but my father and his family had
twelve hundred acres of wild land granted us on condition that
we should permanently settle in Lower Canada. After we had
settled, on surveying most of our land, we came to the corner of
this lot, and, hearing the sound of an ax, we came here and found
quite a clearing made. We told Eliphalet that we were the law-
ful owners of this very lot. He disputed our claim, and produced
his paper. We had heard of the man who was deeding false titles,
and told Eliphalet so. We all went to the Crown Records, and
proved our title to this very lot. And as we learned that the man
who sold Eliphalet the ’land had fled the country, we gave him a
small sum for his betterments, and he left.”
Eliphalet says, “ After losing my land and money, I returned to
New Salem, Mass., worked out, and in due time was married.
After a while, we removed to Georgia, Vermont, and, after the
birth of Polly, we came into Canada with my brother Benjamin,
and Joanna his wife, about February, 1799. Benjamin went to
the Crown Records, proved his title, and paid for one hundred
acres of land in South Stuikeley, and made himself a home. But
as I had no money, I squatted, cleared up a farm, sold my better
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ments at a fair price, and then bought this farm in Brome, two
miles from Frost Village in Shefford, and two miles from Jones’s
Mills on the outlet of Brome Lake, and were it not for the big
doctor’s bills that I have paid, I should now be a rich man.”
All agree that Eliphalet Townsend became a true professor of
religion when about fifty years of age. He always disapproved
of war, and only enlisted in the British service to prevent being
mobbed. After marching to St. Johns he was honorably dis-
charged, as peace had just been declared. Eliphalet became a
firm believer in the religion of the Friends, and died such.
Benjamin Townsend, 2d, son of Eliphalet Townsend, Sr., be-
came a pillar in society and in the church. At an early day he
became as true a Christian as ever joined the Methodist Episcopal
Church. At about twenty-one years of age he was ordained a
local preacher, and continued to preach as long as his health would
admit. From 1828 to 1831, the church and conference be-
sought him to take a circuit, and be ordained a circuit preacher,
but his faith in the life of St. Paul, “to first provide for his fami-
ly, and then preach the gospel free,” was the means that caused
him to lie down and die young. As an honest husband and fa-
ther, as an honest Christian and neighbor, none have ever excelled
Elder Benjamin Townsend. Had he been blessed with a college
education, with the Heaven-born talent that he possessed, and had
he given his whole time to the church, none would have ever
been found better fitted for a minister’s life than he. His error
consisted in accepting Paul’s life in preference to the com-
mands of Jesus Christ in Matthew 28: 19, 20. He was not long
sick, a cold in his head ending in his death in about two weeks.
Many have mourned his early departure. As a man with only a
common school education, his Creator did not see fit to let him
suffer long for his error in faith.
From his history, we turn to his brother, Pelatiah Day Town-
send, a man less favored with an education, who for years has
been afflicted with dimness of eyes, and who for a year was en-
tirely blind. He had not recovered good eye sight when he was
married. As a lay member in the Freewill Baptist Church, it may
well be said that he was one of her strong pillars. Notwithstand-
ing his earthly troubles, Pelatiah was a consistent Christian, and
one who was for a number of years of much help to the little
church where he lived. His voice in prayer or in speaking was
such as most generally to command the attention of all in the
meeting, whether they were professors of religion or not. To
get acquainted with Pelatiah D. Townsend was to get acquainted
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with an honest man. He is missed both in the church and out of
the church. Scrofula slowly but surely brought him to the grave.
He was a good farmer, and respected wherever known.
Their youngest brother, Eliphalet Townsend, Jr., excepting in
solemn appearance, was more like his brother Benjamin, a deep
thinker, and one who held fast to the truth that he accepted. Be-
ing a Freewill Baptist, he was not so often in the pulpit as was his
brother Benjamin, but his daily life was a continual sermon.
The two years that I was acquainted with him, I can not remem-
ber ever seeing him laugh. I have no doubt but he was aware
that he must meet an early death. Pie died of lung and liver
consumption.
I have not singled out these men as being better than the Town-
sends in general; no, but having no other history, and knowing
these men, I could not do otherwise than tell a little of what I
really did know, meaning no offense to any one.
OOEEEOTION 8.
On page 15, foot note (*), page 17, and wherever else it may oc-
cur, read Stukely, instead of Stuikeley.
On page 20, No. 275, read Adaline Lorinda.
On page 20, foot note (f), read “ Henry was born at South
Stukely, L. C.,” instead of at Lawrenceville.
On page 25, No. 263, read “ Ellen Sophi,” instead of Nelle; see
page 20, No. 263.
The above mistakes are cheerfully corrected,. There may he
others; however, we have failed to see them, taking letters and
manuscripts for our guide.
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